Welcome to the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ICTAC)

ICTAC is a Confederation of National or Regional Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Societies. The aim of

ICTAC is to promote international understanding and cooperation in thermal analysis and calorimetry

through the organization of international congresses and the work of its scientific committees.

ICTAC originated as ICTA, the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis, which was formed at the

First International Conference on Thermal Analysis, held in Aberdeen, Scotland, in September 1965. In

1992, the name was changed to International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry to reflect

the close relationship between thermal analysis and calorimetry.

The Confederation has 24 Affiliated National or Regional Societies with a combined membership of over

5000. In addition there are some 500 individual members of ICTAC. Membership is open to everyone

regardless of scientific discipline.

2018 45th Annual NATAS Conference

Technical Conference - August 6-9, 2018

Short Course - August 9-10, 2018

Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

including:

Honorary Session for Prof. Patrick Gallagher

Honorary Session for Prof. Wei-Ping Pan

The North American Thermal Analysis Society offers scientists and practioneers the opportunity to explore the frontiers of thermal analysis, rheology, and materials characterization by participating in the 2018 NATAS Conference and Short Course. Presentations and posters by renowned scientists and graduate students set the stage for excellent discussions and an ideal environment to learn about state-of-the-art techniques and exciting new developments in materials research. A Technical Exhibit will feature multiple vendors presenting their latest instrumentation for thermal analytical and rheological measurements. The cordial setting provides conference attendees the opportunity to review a variety of instruments and services offered by many vendors in a single location.

The German Association of Thermal Analysis, GEFTA, is deeply sad to inform the scientific community of thermoanalysts and calorimetrists that our Honorary member,

Professor Dr. Hans-Joachim Seifert,

passed away August 8, 2017 in his 87th year.

Immediately after the formation of GEFTA in 1974, Hans Seifert got in close connection and cooperation with GEFTA and influenced and supported its activities for several decades. From 1977 to 1980 he was GEFTA’s chairman; later he became its Honorary member.

One year before, in 1973, he became Professor at the Gesamthochschule Kassel, where he undertook his basic scientific work on the thermochemistry of halides and halogenocomplexes making him a widely known specialist in this field of inorganic chemistry. This was one of the reasons to be appointed, in 1982, Vice-President of ICTAC, the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. From 1985 to 1988 he was elected President of ICTAC. This was the period of more and more intensified collaboration also with the East-European countries and of a revitalization of the interaction between ICTAC and ESTAC. The „homogenization“ of their congress schedules was primarily intended by the scientific convictions of Hans Seifert. In 1994, his work for the international scientific cooperation was acknowledged by ICTAC’s Honorary Lifetime Membership.

We gratefully remember Hans Seifert as an very active GEFTA chairman who had remarkable skills as an intensively discussing session’s chairman at numerous conferences, as a serious promoter of younger scientists.

GEFTA honoured the scientific achievements of Hans Seifert by awarding him the Netzsch-GEFTA-Award in 1987.

For the GEFTA board

Dirk Walter, Steffen Neuenfeld and Michael Feist

Indian Thermal Analysis Society - Announcement

The 21st DAE-BRNS Workshop and Symposium on Thermal Analysis (THERMANS-2018) has been announced.

It will be held during January 16-20, 2018 at Department of Chemistry, Goa University (India). The dates are:

The Awards will be presented at the 16th ICTAC Congress, Orlando, Florida August

14-19, 2016, where the winners will deliver their Award Lectures.

ICTAC TA Nomenclature has been endorsed finally by the IUPAC

New Nomenclature rules

The ICTAC TA Nomenclature has been endorsed finally by the IUPAC and this has been published in the April 2014 issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

ICTAC records its deep sense of appreciation to the Nomenclature Committee members and other participants in this mission for their tremendous efforts in updating the nomenclature rules.The IUPAC policy does not put any restriction to the circulation and copying of the document, provided the reference of the publication and the IUPAC copyright are clearly shown.